iPad Anybody going from M4 to M5 iPad?

[Lounge vibes 05]

am hoping an extra 4GB over my M4 will reduce/stop safari crashes and game lockups etc. An extra $600 is a very tough sell for only 4GB more memory.
I’ve noticed my new 12GB iPPM 17 always runs completely full on memory, just like my 8GB iPPM 16 did, so I don’t know if the extra 4GB bump will actually help, or if that extra 4GB is “off-limits” for regular apps and has been allocated only to OS/AI functions.

It will not, but not because of the reasons you suggest.
Third-party applications can absolutely take advantage of the extra RAM, especially video editing in 3-D rendering applications.
But outside of that, iPadOS (and by extension iOS) have extremely strict ram management.

If 12 GB on your iPhone still leads to Safari tab reloads and such, expect the exact same behavior on the iPad Pro.
Unlike macOS, which does it’s best to utilize all memory available at all times even when it’s not necessarily needed, Apple‘s mobile platforms do the exact opposite for power efficiency.
Not that hard to find comparisons online that prove that the 16 GB iPad pros that have been available for going on five years now do the exact same purging of background tasks as the 8 (and now 12) GB models.

 

[burgman]

13in M4 WiFi 256 ➡️ 13in M5 1TB with cellular and nano-texture.

I think this is going to be the ultimate machine.

Said every iPad Pro release if I remember correctly. The M7 I hear will be the the ultimate ultimate machine paired with optional implants...

 

[max2]

Will never happen given the outrageous prices Apple charges for onboard storage. I can use an 4TB SSD or even a small uSD card reader with a 1TB card for a fraction of the price Apple asks.

Add on storage you can be used on multiple devices. An example that no one uses at least not consumer but like sixty devices. That is impossible to do with onboard storage.

 

[max2]

I wish they made visual like the watch is. Like the Apple AR but 10 to 100 times smaller.

It will happen but sadly you could lose it easily. Only way not is if it had a light or way to find it.

 

[Mrbiggestman]

In what is the display better?

Display is still miniLED until Next year in which it will be tandem OLED.

 

[max2]

Does anyone know if there a way to customize features a mobile device has before ordering it ?

 

[dannymcg]

Until the M6 variant in 2026

So very true

 

[The Game 161]

picking up on wednesday

13 inch m5 pro\
1TB in black with nano texture

 

[hovscorpion12]

Display is still miniLED until Next year in which it will be tandem OLED.

The display is not MiniLED. The display is Tandem OLED since 2024.

 

[MacFanatick]

I’ll be upgrading (and my Studio to the M5 when that comes out), just because Daystrom designed the chip. One of the best episodes!

 

[hovscorpion12]

Does anyone know if there a way to customize features a mobile device has before ordering it ?

It what way are you looking to customize?

 

[Jacoblee23]

So I have two m4 iPad pros. One a 11” cellular with 65 cycles (512 8gb ram), and a 13” cellular that was just replaced for a brand new one with 5 cycles (512gb 8gb of ram). I notice on device monitor it gets into 92-99% just by using social media apps. However, I wouldn’t ever had known it had I not downloaded the app. I also tried the same scenarios on my 17 pro max which has 12gb of ram as well so it makes me wonder if it’s just utilizing most of the ram on purpose. Not sure. Should I upgrade? Both of my m4’s are basically new.

 

[JCCL]

So I have two m4 iPad pros. One a 11” cellular with 65 cycles (512 8gb ram), and a 13” cellular that was just replaced a brand new one with 5 cycles (512gb of ram. I notice on device monitor it gets into 92-99% just by using social media apps. However, I wouldn’t ever had known it had I not downloaded the app. I also tried the same scenarios on my 17 pro max which has 12gb of ram as well so it makes me wonder if it’s just utilizing most of the ram on purpose. Not sure. Should I upgrade? Both of my m4’s are basically new.

No, like you said, you wouldn’t have noticed if you hadn’t downloaded device monitor, so you wouldn’t be spending money for pretty much the exact same experience you already have with your devices (and those device monitor apps are not known to be very reliable).

 

[max2]

It what way are you looking to customize?

No demanding features like any that not required but take up like 30% battery.

 

[garethjs]

Until the M6 variant in 2026

Seems to be on a 18 months cycle. So 2027

 

[James_C]

I am going from an M1 12.9 iPad Pro to the M5 13". To be honest the M1 does everything I need, however my wife will get my M1, which would be a huge upgrade from her 10 year old OG iPad Pro, which will then go to my daughter who does not have an iPad at all.

 

[Volker67]

Upgrading from 11” M4 Pro 512GB, Wi-Fi only to 13” M5 Pro 1TB Wi-Fi only with nano-texture glass.

 

[Josieb1]

I’m picking mine up Wednesday. Going from an M1 to the M5, still the 11 and 256GB. I don’t need any more storage than that. Apple are giving me £295 as Trade In (hopefully).

 

[Simacca]

For those of us upgrading from an M1 iPad Pro whose battery is somewhat degraded (even though Apple doesn't admit that it is), but does not have any real performance bottlenecks, do you think it makes sense to jump on this device now (M5)? I don't see a lot of rumoured new features or upgrades for M6 and beyond, outside of dual cameras, a ridiculous size and possibly a foldable iPad (2028).

I’m going from M1 to M5 mainly for the oled screen

 

[Innovati0n]

I’m going from M1 to M5 mainly for the oled screen

Easily the best reason to do that

 

[Davidalan]

This just a little off topic, but I was wondering if my M5 is going to ship from:
1) Direct from China
2) Central Apple warehouse
3) Being held at a central UPS location and then shipped from there.

 

[pdoherty]

100% chance this is included.

Hope so, because this is what the M4 Pro looked like with regard to PWM issues:

https://www.reddit.com/r/PWM_Sensitive/comments/1cux1yj/new_ipad_pro_pwm_in_person

 

[Mrbiggestman]

Hope so, because this is what the M4 Pro looked like with regard to PWM issues:

https://www.reddit.com/r/PWM_Sensitive/comments/1cux1yj/new_ipad_pro_pwm_in_person

Use the PWM smoothing option.

 

[pdoherty]

Use the PWM smoothing option.

Doesn't seem to do anything to mitigate the issue.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/eye-strain-while-using-iphone-x-and-up.2085427/page-498?post=34161113#post-34161113

From one of the replies down a bit:

Not surprising the PWM toggle didn’t do much given that… it doesn’t do much!

Did some quick tests in the Apple Store today, at full brightness it does nothing I could detect with my camera (constant 480hz flicker either way) and as you reduce the brightness it does lengthen the duty cycle (in other words maintain it close to full brightness length) so that the flicker is less severe (significantly so at very low brightness) but it absolutely does not disable the 480hz flicker at any brightness setting.

Also note Apple’s wording in that setting - they say that they are disabling PWM ‘dimming’, not PWM. So in Apple speak there are apparently two different PWMs - the one that’s active at full brightness, and the one that steadily worsens as you decrease the brightness. The toggle improves the latter (though whether it’s enough to matter for many users who knows), but doesn’t touch the former.

So Apple has indeed implemented DC ‘dimming’ but that is still atop permanent unstoppable 480hz PWM. If you’re fine at full brightness then this is going to help a lot, otherwise, not so much…